How societies are born : governance in West Central Africa before 1600

How societies are born : governance in West Central Africa before 1600 /

Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: how did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had roamed in West Central Africa for many thousands of years?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vansina, Jan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2004.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Tribal government > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Tribal government > Africa, Central.
Political anthropology > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Political anthropology > Africa, Central.
Central Africa.
ethnogenesis.
society.
political systems.
history.
0-999.
1000-1999.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
Political anthropology
Politics and government
Tribal government
Gesellschaftsordnung
Stammesgesellschaft
Soziales System
Administration (government)
Tribal groups.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Politics and government.
Africa, Central > Politics and government.
Afrique subsaharienne > Politique et gouvernement.
Afrique centrale > Politique et gouvernement.
Central Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zentralafrika > West
West Africa.
History (form)
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